On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:47:40 -0400
Haines Brown via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> I need to get rid of slim "display manager" so that boot tOresents a
> cli text log in.
>

>     # update-rc.d -f slim disable 2

>
> This has no effect.

Maybe:
insserv -r slim

     -r, --remove
              Remove the listed scripts from all runlevels.

Hope this helps,
Ciao Tito

> I go to /etc/X11/default and comment the line /usr/bin/slim
> But this had no effect.
>
> My goal is to have startx start fluxbox automatsically. I suppose I
> could uninstall slim, but then I fear I'm just get the default decvuan
> window manager.
>
> Then I do $ startx fluxbox I get what suppose is the devuan default
> winwow manager (a grey desktop with devuan spiral lower right). It
> blocks starting fluxbox.
>
> I have no ~/.bash_profile or ~/.xinitrc
>
>